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DIY & Home Improvement

Kolesar

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6. Detergent is abrasive, so your advice sounds good

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 02:33 PM

Dec 2011

The salesman I bought a dishwasher from said "use half as much as the tray" fits, unless the house has hard water.

I am getting my first dishwasher in a decade next week.

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Increase your automatic dishwasher's life [View all] SHRED Dec 2011 OP

running the dishwasher with a cup of vinegar once a month or so also helps niyad Dec 2011 #1

And if you live in a hard-water zone... TygrBright Dec 2011 #3

Same thing with washing machines Geoff R. Casavant Dec 2011 #2

Only if you buy the good soap cutlassmama Dec 2011 #4

Another tip jeff47 Dec 2011 #5

Detergent is abrasive, so your advice sounds good Kolesar Dec 2011 #6

I'd add that most dishwasher drain pumps will die Robb Dec 2011 #7